"Release of Volume II to Congress under the proposed conditions … presents a substantial and unacceptable risk of prejudice to [the remaining co-defendants]," U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in her order blocking the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report explaining the now-abandoned classified records retention case against President Donald Trump.

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon ordered a Friday hearing to discuss releasing a DOJ report in the dismissed classified document case against Donald Trump.

A federal judge blocked the release of Jack Smith's report on Donald Trump's classified documents case because his co-defendants face a possible trial

Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday extended the hold she has placed blocking the Justice Department from sharing special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents with members of Congress.

Judge Aileen Cannon said prosecutors should not be allowed to share the report outside the Justice Department, and that it contained information not made public.

Cannon told the Justice Department to keep the report under wraps, raising the likelihood it will never be seen by the public.

Justice Department. President Donald Trump erased it in an instant on Inauguration Day. Trump has denounced the Jan. 6 prosecutions as part of a Democratic witch hunt. In reality, they were initiated and overseen by his hand-picked U.